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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
3
The piece reflects on Memorial Day as a solemn South tradition honoring Civil War dead. It extols Southern virtue, the cause they defended, and patience for time to vindicate eternal truth and justice amid postwar memory. It ends with political notes and local commentary challenges.
Joplin Missouri suffered its worst storm with at least three killed outright, six fatally injured, and many more hurt. Property losses reach about 300000 with extensive mining area damage and homes destroyed in Moonshine Hill and Villa Heights.
April 26 Chicago reports Edward J Miller died after a man he had ordered to throw up his hands drew a revolver and killed the supposed thief. The shooter Joseph P Brown was a friend of the joker.
A wind storm caused a wreck between Lemont and Willow Springs near Chicago injuring a Jr. engineer and others as an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe express stalled and derailed cars. Separately near Valparaiso Indiana Grand Trunk passenger train from Chicago wrecked near Haskells with engineer seriously hurt and fireman and mail clerk bruised.
William McCarty Jr aged 12 died in Portchester while attempting to rescue his blind father who he believed was in danger near the railroad. The father was blinded years earlier by a quarry blast. A related civil suit against the contractor is pending in New York.
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